Proceedings of The Jabłoński Centennial Conference on

Proceedings of The Jabłoński Centennial Conference
on Luminescence and Photophysics
Toruń, Poland, July 23-27, 1998
Editors of the Proceedings
J.S. Kwiatkowski
J. Prochorow
WARSAW
POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS
The Jabłoński Centennial Conference on Luminescence and Photophysics
was organized by the Institute of Physics of Nicholas Copernicus University in
Toruń, Poland, on July 23-27, 1998.
International Programme Committee
Jacek Baranowski (Poland)
David Birch (United Kingdom)
Georges Boulon (France)
Ludwig Brand (USA)
Mostafa A. El-Sayed (USA)
Valerii L. Ermolayev (Russia)
Danuta Frąckowiak (Poland)
Zbigniew R. Grabowski (Poland)
Alexander A. Kaplyanskii (Russia)
Joshua Jortner (Israel)
Michael Kasha (USA)
Alfons Kawski (Poland)
Józef S. Kwiatkowski (Poland)
Joseph R. Lakowicz (USA)
Alexander Lempicki (USA)
Noboru Mataga (Japan)
Saburo Nagakura (Japan)
Jerzy Prochorow (Poland)
Wolfgang Rettig (Germany)
Erik W. Thulstrup (Denmark)
Local Organizing Committee
Aleksander Baiter
Wacław Bała
Andrzej Bączyński
Marek Grinberg
Czesław Koepke
Andrzej Kowalczyk
Józef S. Kwiatkowski (Chairman)
Tadeusz Marszałek
Hanna Męczyńska
Hubert L. Oczkowski
Józef Szudy
Piotr Targowski (Secretary)
Andrzej Wojtowicz
Conference sponsors
State Committee for Scientific Research RBM — R. Braumann GmbH
Stefan Batory Foundation
(distributor of Edinburgh Instruments
Foundation for Polish Science and Spectra Physics)
Polish Academy of Sciences
Photon Technology International (PTI)
— Department III
and Coherent Laser Group
City of Toruń
represented by Eurotek International
Toruń Province Governor
KarStanS — economic consultants
Nicholas Copernicus University
Spectra Physics
LOT — Polish Airlines
ISS — Fluorescence and Analytical
Spectronic Instruments, Inc. Instrumentation
(the Jabłoński Award)
Quantum Northwest
Instruments SA/Horiba
Preface
The Jabłoński Centennial Conference on Luminescence and Photophysics
was held on the campus of Nicholas Copernicus University in Toruń (Poland) from
July 23rd to July 27th, 1998 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of
Aleksander Jabłoński (1898-1980), one of the pioneers of molecular photophysics.
The Conference program covered a wide range of subjects emphasizing the
physical processes associated with luminescence phenomena in liquids, vapors,
and bulk solids. The topics included photoluminescence in liquids and solids, spectroscopy of excited states, excitation energy transfer, polarization of luminescence,
ultrafast and coherent processes, photophysical effects, and biophysical applications.
The Conference was attended by 220 scientists and 33 accompanying persons
from 28 countries. Its format included 13 Invited Plenary Lectures, 210 contributed
papers presented in two Poster Sessions and three Panel Discussions initiated by
the Keynote Lectures. The list of invited talks and chairmen of the panel discussions were suggested by the International Program Committee, with particular
emphasis on newly emerging results and techniques.
On July 26th the important event took place, when the annual International
Jabłoński Award was given to Professor Michael Kasha. The Award conceived
in commemoration of Professor Aleksander Jabłoński, recognizes the outstanding
fundamental accomplishments in fluorescence spectroscopy. On July 27th, Professor Michael Kasha delivered a special Award Lecture.
These Proceedings contain the full-length text of 10 invited lectures and one
of the Keynote Lectures for the Panel Discussions. Some of the papers presented
during the Poster Sessions will be published in a special issue of the Journal of
Fluorescence and in several forthcoming issues of Ada Physica Polonica A.
We would like to thank many people who helped in organizing the Conference, especially the members of the International Programme Committee, Local
Organizing Committee and the members of the staff of the Institute of Physics
of Nicholas Copernicus University who were involved in the organization of the
Conference. Special thanks are due to the invited speakers and chairmen of Panel
Discussions for their unique contributions to the success of the meeting and for
their cooperation in completing these Proceedings.
J.S. Kwiatkowski
J. Prochorow